This book offers a systematic, chronological analysis of the role played by the human senses in experiencing pilgrimage and sacred places, past and present. It thus addresses two major gaps in the existing literature, by providing a broad historical narrative against which patterns of continuity and change can be more meaningfully discussed, and focusing on the central, but curiously neglected, area of the core dynamics of pilgrim experience.
Bringing together the still-developing fields of Pilgrimage Studies and Sensory Studies in a historically framed conversation, this interdisciplinary study traces the dynamics of pilgrimage and engagement with holy places from the beginnings of the Judaeo-Christian tradition to the resurgence of interest evident in twenty-first century England. Perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, from history to neuroscience, are used to examine themes including sacred sites in the Bible and Early Church; pilgrimage and holy places in early and later medieval England; the impact of the English Reformation; revival of pilgrimage and sacred places during the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries; and the emergence of modern place-centred, popular 'spirituality'.
Addressing the resurgence of pilgrimage and its persistent link to the attachment of meaning to place, this book will be a key reference for scholars of Pilgrimage Studies, History of Religion, Religious Studies, Sensory Studies, Medieval Studies, and Early Modern Studies.
"This extraordinary book is bold, scholarly and informative. Drawing on encyclopaedic reading and a fascinating research project, it demonstrates the power and the significance of the senses in the ways that we respond to cathedrals and similar buildings. I cannot recommend it too highly." Grace Davie, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Exeter
"Highlighting the role of the senses, Dee Dyas has deftly drawn upon a huge range of historical and contemporary material, along with her unparalleled experience of working with English cathedrals as they engage with ever-changing visitor demographics, to produce an impressively innovative volume charting and analysing shifts in the creation of, attitudes to and engagement with Christian sacred places in England. For scholars of - and indeed anyone interested in - contemporary pilgrimage, The Dynamics of Pilgrimage is invaluable for contextualising the current popularity of and trends in pilgrimage today in broader historical, cultural, and, crucially, sensory perspective."
Dr Marion Bowman, Open University
"Dee Dyas' approach to the history of Christian sensory pilgrimage is bound to become a research and teaching staple for scholars of the Middle Ages. The study’s breadth, from Jewish Temple periods through to the present day, offers a skilled negotiation of distance and proximity wherein Dyas invites readers to understand sacred sensory experience through an historical lens. Examples from medieval texts, art and architecture ground this work, offering a treasure trove for researchers who will appreciate Dyas' expertise in pilgrimage across the disciplines."
Professor Suzanne Yeager, Fordham University


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New York University scientists have discovered that the low-temperature microscopic particles tend to melt with the rise in temperature to moderate levels and again recombine under high temperature. This invention paves the way for the development of smart materials capable of adapting to any new environment, and for providing detailed study of 3D printing technology.
These findings prove the ability to manipulate even the small particles using different methods, revealing that the well-known Goldilocks Principle may not be applicable for the smallest of particles.
The research involves studying the properties of colloids and polymers – particles that are as small as one-millionth and one-billionth of a meter, respectively. These materials are of significant interest to the scientists owing to their applications in a wide range of consumer products such as colloidal dispersions in porcelain, glass, gelatin, milk and paint and for advanced engineering products such as steering light in photonics. Scientists can enhance the material properties or develop enhanced materials by studying the process colloidal or polymer formation.
The researchers investigated the colloidal crystals and polymers at temperatures between room temperature and 85°C. The polymers remain as gas hitting the larger particles at room temperature. If the distance between the particles is too small, a pressure is applied to force them to bind together.
Upon heating, the crystals melted and re-solidified on heating. The re-solidified solid appeared to be a soft, pliable Jello-like substance with the polymers binding to the colloids. The structure of the solid seemed to be more open than the crystal.
These findings show the potential to engineer the properties of materials using not only temperature, but also by employing a range of methods to manipulate the smallest of particles.
Lang Feng, the study’s lead author and an NYU doctoral student
The researchers observed enthalpic attraction in the crystals, which is nothing but the adhesive energy generating bonding between the particles at high temperatures. However, the conditions were fairly high at the mid-level temperatures to create entropic force, and too cool to initiate enthalpic attraction.
This technology has the potential to create 3D structures from two-dimensional layers. However, by improving the manipulation of particles at the microscopic level, it is possible to develop more realistic and detailed objects.
This work is published in the Nature Materials journal and supported by the National Science Foundation’s MRSEC Program.
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دسته بندی:
اینترنت اشیاء - Internet of Things
سال انتشار:
2022
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله:
Implementation and Calibration of an IoT Light Attenuation Turbidity Sensor
ترجمه فارسی عنوان مقاله:
پیاده سازی و کالیبراسیون سنسور مه آلود تضعیف نور اینترنت اشیا
منبع:
ScienceDirect- Elsevier- Internet of Things, 19 (2022) 100576: doi:10:1016/j:iot:2022:100576
نویسنده:
Jarrod Trevathan
چکیده انگلیسی:
Turbidity is an important characteristic of water quality that can indicate the presence of un-desirable suspended particulate matter. Having access to an inexpensive and effective turbidity sensor unlocks numerous Internet of Things (IoT) possibilities for remote environmental moni-toring. Optical light attenuation turbidity sensors operate on the premise of detecting signal degradation from a light source due to scattering from particles in a solution. This approach is technologically unpretentious and only requires a handful of inexpensive electronic components to construct. However, while this method is touted as “simple”, a significant challenge lies in sensor calibration. That is, converting an analogue signal into a meaningful and accurate digital reading in a known turbidity measurement standard (e.g., Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)). This paper presents an IoT light attenuation turbidity sensor design and explores the calibration process to determine the sensor’s range and accuracy. Sensor calibration is undertaken using Formazin turbidity standards and is cross-checked against a commercial turbidimeter. We provide a step-by-step procedure for determining the correct signal strength to use and a functional form for the sensor response to the Formazin standard. Finally, we specify an estimate of the accuracy of the sensor and suggest the next steps in the proposed turbidity sensor’s development. Results indicate that the sensor achieves within 2%-10% of accuracy at higher ranges (100–4000 NTU), but its performance becomes significantly less reliable in low NTU ranges (< 100 NTU) where the error rate increases to 26%. The turbidity sensor is used as part of an IoT remote aquatic envi-ronmental monitoring platform.
keywords: Internet of underwater things | Turbidity | Affordable sensors | Calibration | attenuation turbidimeter
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According to reports, the Indian government is considering revising the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II initiative and emphasising more on domestic value addition (DVA).
A presentation to car makers and a note from the Ministry of Heavy Industries indicated, according to a story in the Economic Times, that a digital system will be used to determine the DVA. Just two weeks prior, the ministry introduced an automated online data transfer system to capture crucial DVA data from the ERP systems of PLI applicants and upload it to the PLI Auto Portal. The ministry’s most recent presentation to automakers stated that “DVA data is required to be calculated and stored into OEMs’ ERP systems at the granularity level,” according to the publication.


Recent research conducted by the research group of Savas Tay at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, introduced a deep learning platform, OrganoID to analyze and interpret the organoid models for personalized drug screening. The team has interpreted results and validated the platform using pancreatic cancer organoid images, revolutionizing biomedicine.
Introduction
Organoid research has risen up drastically in biomedical research due to its expandable potential in understanding disease in 3D cellular form. Throughout the years, the research has been directed by using murine models for studying diseases and screening for potential therapeutics. Whilst, organoids closely enumerate the heterogeneity on a cellular level, structural morphology, and functions of a variety of tissues with organ specificity that provides an advantage over using the traditional single-cell cultures.
Since organoids appear as better models, the limitations associated often result in major challenges for the experiments associated with the organoid experiments due to the analysis and measurement of drug responses. Considering the large scale of microscopy images that are analyzed for comparison and extract information, image analysis is deemed as difficult. Various technological advancements and optimizations have surfaced throughout the years for image analysis of organoids across all the focal points and tissue heterogeneity in the organ. Some of them include Zhou Z et al. and Mead BE et al. platforms relying on pre-image and pre-tuning of the image based on the parameters of brightfield image analysis.
Researchers from The University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, have overcome these limitations by introducing the deep learning platform
OrganoID, a robust platform for image analysis that efficiently and automatically recognizes and labels the images and tracks single organoids, pixel-by-pixel in experiments set up in brightfield and in phase-contrast microscopy. The team has trained the platform using the images of the organoid model for pancreatic cancer and validated using the bulk of images associated with pancreatic, colon, and lung organoids. The team has provided its applicative responses as most reasonable due to its ability to not only identify the images accurately but also advance in data-driven applications such as drug exploration and personalization.
The OrganoID platform consists of three major components that allow them to have consistent and accurate segments. The three components are:
A convolutional neural networkthat utilizes microscopy images for the detection of organoids. An identification modulethat resolves and contours subsequently to label the individual organoids. A tracking modulethat follows the identified organoids in time-lapse imaging throughout the experiments.
The overall design and implementation were based on first developing a convolutional neural network. A deep learning-based pipeline was constructed for image analysis, and the platform appoints a convolutional neural network to reconstruct the microscopy images into organoid probability images, brightening the overall images and present the organoid at a provided pixel. The network structure for the platform was derived from the extensively successful u-net approach for image segmentation. The platform utilizes and regards the u-net structure.
In lieu of the training of the platform, an original dataset consisting of a total of 66 brightfield and phase-contrast microscopy images of the organoids. These images were manually segmented to construct ground truth images, black-and-white, for the training of the network using 52 image pairs and 14 image pairs for the validation. Approximately 5-50 images from the samples of two patients of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) were utilized. The network orientation and segmentation for training the dataset were processed using the Augmentor Python package.
Post constructing the convolutional model for individual organoids, the identification was laid by grouping the analysis pixel by pixel. In order to correspond to different clusters of organoids, the research team constructed an organoid separation pipeline that uses the raw network to predict the image and group pixels into single-organoid clusters. Surpassing the conventional image segmentation method using a neural network, the approach was more effective in determining the information and associated strength of the predictions.
The team employed a Canny edge detector to identify the image contours that are able to modify the age as such: 1) Firstly, it computes the partial derivative of pixel intensity to identify areas of high contrast. 2) Secondly, it also blurs the image to smooth out the noisy regions. 3) Thirdly, it employs a hysteresis-based threshold to identify strong edges locally. The resulting identification from the pipeline provides an output of a labeled image, wherein the pixels representing an individual organoid are all set to a distinguished number for the ID, which can also be applied for single-organoid analysis.
Finally, the automation is applied to the database of organoid images, each representing a unique ID. The researchers have developed a tracking module for a longitudinal analysis of the single organoids using time-lapse experiments for imaging. The overall changes in various landscapes of each individual organoid, such as the shape and size, can be thoroughly followed and measured. The tracking algorithm of the deep-learning platform built a cost-assignment matrix for each individual image in a sequential time-lapse manner.
Since the trained model was primarily based on PDAC organoids, the team has also extended the study to evaluate its capacity to generalize to the organoids derived from non-PDAC tissues, such as the epithelial cells from the lungs and colon. The OrganoID network passed the benchmark for all the images of non-PDAC, with a mean IOU of 0.79 (SD = 0.096). The results support the potential of the model’s neural network in generalizing the images from various tissues without any specificity tuning for identification.
The extended work for drug screening is also feasible as the researchers have deemed that the changes in organoid physiology and structure can indicate the key responses for both of them being phenotypic and state transitions. OrganoID is believed to automatically outline the morphology of the organoids individually across the gemcitabine dose-response experiment resulting in organoid circularity, solidity, and eccentricity, displaying the sigmoidal dose responses of the drug and also determining the endpoint EC50 to be 28.47 nM, 27.05 nM, and 18.08 nM.
Final Thoughts
Organoids have revolutionized biomedical research, and the improved deep learning platform adds to the learning associated with complex 3D models. The OrganoID bridges the gap and automates the process of accurate pixel-by-pixel organoid identification and tracking almost in real time using time-lapse experiments. Since it is trained on broadly available microscopic images, it allows better optical configurations. The platform can subsequently also identify the morphological features of organoids without using traditional methods of cytotoxic dyes. While certain limitations can help optimize the model, such as the platform can appropriately identify the contours of organoids in physical contact while it cannot distinguish organoids that often overlap across the focal plane. Overall, it also provides a potential that can be addressed for deep-learning screening of drugs and personalization.
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Nightshade vegetables typically include peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. A reaction to these vegetables is considered uncommon. If an individual is suspected with an allergy to nightshade vegetables, a doctor should be consulted for further testing.
Respiratory symptoms
The usual indications that might arise in just minutes of consuming nightshade vegetables are rhinitis and asthma.
Rhinitis involves inflammation in the eyes, sinuses and throat. The individual usually ends up with watery, itchy eyes along with runny nose, nasal congestion, postnasal drip, sneezing and sore throat. The lungs can also become swollen which results to shortness of breath, wheezing and chest pain. Additionally, wheezing also arises which is a high-pitched sound created by the opening of the throat that is blocked by inflammation.
Digestive issues due to nightshade vegetables
The digestive issues are likely to occur with any food allergy. It is important to note that the intestinal tract becomes inflamed from histamine which leads to:
Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal cramping Stomach pain
If there is blood or mucus in the stool, a doctor must be consulted right away. Once the nightshade vegetables are eliminated from the body, the symptoms settle. In case they persist, it might be due to another medical condition.
Management
The ideal treatment for an allergy to nightshade vegetables is eliminating them from the diet. If consumed accidentally, provide an antihistamine to manage the minor allergy symptoms such as watery eyes, sneezing and hives.
Over-the-counter GI tract medications do not have any effect on the digestive signs until the proteins move out of the body.
Similar with any food allergy, anaphylaxis can occur. It is important to note that anaphylaxis is a rare, severe allergic reaction that involves the entire body. The blood pressure abruptly drops followed by fainting, tightness of the throat and hives. Call for immediate medical attention if these are present. A shot of epinephrine might be required to manage the symptoms.


Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the preventive effects of tofogliflozin, a selective sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, on atherosclerosis progression in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients without apparent cardiovascular disease (CVD) by monitoring carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). Methods: This prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint, multicenter, parallel-group, comparative study included 340 subjects with T2DM and no history of apparent CVD recruited at 24 clinical units. Subjects were randomly allocated to either the tofogliflozin treatment group (n = 169) or conventional treatment group using drugs other than SGLT2 inhibitors (n = 171). Primary outcomes were changes in mean and maximum common carotid IMT measured by echography during a 104-week treatment period. Results: In a mixed-effects model for repeated measures, the mean IMT of the common carotid artery (mean-IMT-CCA), along with the right and left maximum IMT of the CCA (max-IMT-CCA), significantly declined in both the tofogliflozin (- 0.132 mm, SE 0.007; - 0.163 mm, SE 0.013; - 0.170 mm, SE 0.020, respectively) and the control group (- 0.140 mm, SE 0.006; - 0.190 mm, SE 0.012; - 0.190 mm, SE 0.020, respectively). Furthermore, the tofogliflozin and the conventional treatment group did not significantly differ in the progression of the mean-IMT-CCA (mean change (95% CI) 0.008 (- 0.009, 0.025) mm, P = 0.34), along with the right (mean change (95% CI) 0.027 (- 0.005, 0.059) mm, P = 0.10) and the left max-IMT-CCA (mean change (95% CI) 0.020 (- 0.030, 0.070), P = 0.43). Similar findings were obtained even after adjusting for traditional CV risk factors and/or administration of drugs at baseline. Relative to the control treatment effects, tofogliflozin significantly reduced the HbA1c, blood glucose level, body weight/body mass index, abdominal circumference, and systolic blood pressure, and significantly increased the HDL-C. The total and serious adverse events incidences did not significantly vary between the treatment groups. Conclusions/interpretation: No IMT changes were observed between the tofogliflozin and the conventional treatment groups. However, tofogliflozin is a safe and effective treatment option for managing primary CVD risk factors in this population. Clinical Trial Registration UMIN000017607 (https://www.umin.ac.jp/icdr/index.html).
Keywords Atherosclerosis Diabetes Intima-media thickness SGLT2 inhibitor Tofogliflozin ASJC Scopus subject areas Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine


Relational Therapy Relational Therapy in NYC
We thrive when we are in relationships.
Having fulfilling connections and a stable social foundation can help us feel seen, understood, and accepted—like we truly belong in this world. So, when our interactions and social environment are disrupted in some way, our emotional and mental health might suffer. Maybe you and your partner are drifting away. Perhaps your family dynamics make you anxious, or the tension in your workplace pushes your stress levels through the roof. If you find it challenging to maintain relationships with romantic partners, family members, friends, and colleagues, or if you feel unworthy and disconnected, relational therapy can help.
Relational therapy (also known as relational-cultural therapy) aims to support your well-being by discovering healthier ways to relate to others. At Madison Park Psychological Services, we offer therapy services tailored to your needs to help you achieve inner balance. Our staff of licensed psychologists is trained in various modalities, including relational therapy. You deserve nurturing bonds with those who are near and dear to you. Let’s work together to make that happen! If you are curious about relational therapy or interested in booking an appointment, contact us.
Do You Need Relational Therapy?
Relational therapy centers on exploring your experiences, relationships, social framework, and unconscious thoughts to uncover how they have shaped your relational self. This method is rooted in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories, emphasizing the importance of the client-therapist relationship.
Some of the common challenges addressed with relational therapy include: Anxiety Depression Eating disorders Family conflict Loneliness or isolation Low self-esteem or self-worth Mood instability Romantic relationship problems Trauma or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) School or workplace difficulties
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Relational Therapy Procedure & Techniques
Relational therapy regards
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Connection
Relational therapy examines how you relate to people and whether those efforts are working or not. Your therapist will equip you with practical strategies to connect and lay the foundation for well-balanced relationships.
Authenticity
Meaningful and lasting bonds are based on honesty and trust. Relational therapy will help you discover who you are and encourage you to embrace your true self when interacting with others.
Past Experiences
Your past relationships and social experiences may influence your relational perspective today and in the future. Your therapist will help you identify unhelpful patterns and preconceptions and work with you to shift them accordingly.
Social and Cultural Context
Your therapist will also explore your socio-cultural background (e.g., race, gender identity, sexual orientation, culture, economic status, etc.) and how it might be affecting your ability to connect with others.
Therapeutic Relationship
Relational therapy leverages the bond between you and your therapist to deepen the other relationships in your life. Your therapeutic relationship offers a safe space to collaborate and practice your learnings. Plus, it serves as a model to follow outside of treatment.
What to Expect From Relational Therapy?
Some of the
benefits of relational therapy include: Gaining insight into yourself and your socio-cultural environment Identifying problematic relationship patterns Learning practical strategies to connect with others Healing or improving existing relationships Increasing self-esteem and motivation
At Madison Park Psychological Services, we offer relational therapy, among many other specialties. Your healing journey starts with a psychological consultation where we gather information about yourself, your concerns, and your wellness goals. Then, we connect you with the therapist and approach that meet your needs. During relational therapy, your therapist will focus on
getting to know your relational self—meaning, your interpersonal strategies, how you attempt to connect with others, and how you might be alienating them. This exploration includes discussing your family history, past and current relationships, and socio-cultural context. Your therapist will gather this insight and observe your interactions in therapy to spot patterns that might be preventing you from building healthy relationships. Together, you will work on unearthing the nature of these recurring actions and find helpful alternatives to interact with others. This collaborative process will also allow you to practice new interpersonal skills and learn from the ongoing therapeutic relationship.
Booking an Appointment for Relational Therapy NYC
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Related Therapy Relational Therapy FAQs What is a relational approach in therapy?
The relational approach focuses on exploring your interaction patterns and socio-cultural environment to understand how they might be affecting your relationships and quality of life. This modality associates mental and emotional stability with the capacity to maintain healthy relationships.
Does relational therapy work?
Relational therapy is an effective treatment that draws from other evidence-based modalities to address depression, low self-esteem, relationship conflicts, and many other challenges. This form of therapy is particularly effective because it helps people shift unhealthy relational patterns, learn essential and advanced interpersonal skills, and practice with a licensed professional. If you are uncertain whether relational therapy is appropriate for you, please contact us. We will provide the therapeutic method that better suits you.
How long does relational therapy take?
Relational therapy is an open-ended, long-term approach that varies in length and frequency. The time it takes to complete therapy depends on your specific symptoms, situation, and progress. You will likely meet once a week with your therapist until treatment is completed, though we can accommodate to your schedule and meet more or less often if need be.
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We are an out-of-network provider. If you have out-of-network coverage for behavioral health services, your insurance will cover relational therapy in full or in part. Check your out-of-network plan to confirm your exact coverage. We also offer lower fees if you don’t have enough coverage or need to pay out of pocket. Visit our Rates and Insurance page or reach out to us for more information.
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Atheroma is a cyst filled with a secretion in the form of a curdled mass. It is the result of blockage of the excretory duct of the sebaceous gland. Most often it forms on the scalp, but can also be on the face and back. It looks like a dense painless formation of a round shape, but its inflammation is possible, the size increases, and the atheroma becomes painful.
It is necessary - beets; - burdock root; - Kalanchoe; - burdock; - tricolor violet; - a series. Instructions Step 1
Red beet compresses remove atheroma within 1-2 months. Take beets, grated on a fine grater, attach to the atheroma and secure with a plaster. Leave the compress overnight, remove it in the morning, let the skin breathe a little and you can reapply the compress. If the atheroma is small (1-2 cm), 5-7 procedures are enough. The larger it is, the longer the treatment.
Step 2
Take burdock juice or its root infusion at the same time. To obtain juice, take the leaves and root of May burdock, pass through a meat grinder and squeeze the juice. Mix juice with sugar 1: 1 and add 10% medical alcohol 70%. Take the mixture in a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before meals.
Step 3
In the fight against atheroma, the Kalanchoe houseplant is effective. He is called "the surgeon without a scalpel." Cut a leaf of Kalanchoe pinnate from a plant, wash it, dry it and carefully slice it with a knife or needle, without cutting through the leaf. Then place the sheet with the split side on the atheroma and secure with a plaster. Change the leaves 1-2 times a day. The course of treatment is 7-10 days.
Step 4
It is recommended to take the next collection at the same time. Take in equal parts the herb of burdock, violet tricolor and string, chop and mix. Brew two tablespoons of the mixture with half a liter of boiling water and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Let it brew for 2 hours, strain and drink 34 glasses 3 times a day half an hour before meals.


Around the world, women are bravely serving on the frontlines to stem the tide of violent extremism – as peacebuilders, community leaders, human rights defenders, and advocates. S/GWI aims to address the adverse impacts of violent extremism, including through policy and programming that support and partner with women and girls to counter, prevent, and recover from violent extremism. While there is no narrative for how women interact with violent extremism around the world, we know that our efforts are more effective and sustainable when we empower women and girls to be leaders in preventing and responding to violent extremism, recognizing that they can be perpetrators, targets, or survivors.
The 2018 U.S. Strategy to Support Women and Girls at Risk from Violent Extremism and Conflict aims to limit the impact of violent extremism and conflict, including the risks to women and girls, by supporting women and girls as agents for in countering terrorist ideology to prevent radicalization in their families, communities, countries, and online. It recognizes the importance of women’s leadership and safety in rebuilding and recovering following violent extremism and conflict, such as by providing services for survivors of violent extremism or conflict-related gender-based violence. This strategy aligns with the U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), which calls for the integration of WPS in other national strategic guidance on peace and security.
S/GWI works to ensure U.S. CVE policies and initiatives recognize that women have complex and varied roles in society and in relation to violent extremism. By supporting women as prevention actors, we can make strides towards addressing the conditions that lead to terrorism and conflict in the first place. Our efforts consider the causes of women and girls’ radicalization to violence, prioritize their safety and access to education, and respect their human rights. Women’s perspectives and participation are necessary for inclusive and comprehensive approaches to address the threat violent extremism poses to our national security and prosperity.
Preventing and responding to violence against women globally is a human rights imperative. It must be addressed as an unacceptable threat to women and girl’s safety and human rights, as well as a barrier to their prosperity and leadership. Tackling violence against women is a cross-cutting priority that is critical to achieving our broader foreign policy objectives.
More than one in three women around the world will be affected by gender-based violence during her lifetime, whether at home, in her community, or in conflict. From rape to intimate partner violence to harassment and intimidation of women leaders and activists, violence against women remain is pervasive, and no country has ended it.
Economic empowerment for women has the potential to increase gender-based violence, and we see that as women exercise their rights to participate in political processes, they often face backlash from those who use violence to suppress their voice.
There is growing recognition that the prevalence of violence against women – particularly sexual violence before, during, and after conflict poses unique challenges to building and sustaining peace. That is why enhancing women and girls’ protection, leadership, and equal access to assistance resources is one of the objectives of the .
Preventing conflict-related sexual violence is a matter of international peace and security because it often exacerbates and prolongs conflict, especially when used as a deliberate tactic of war, it inflicts trauma and injustice on survivors as well as their families and communities. The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are not held accountable for their crimes, and many survivors never receive the necessary recovery assistance and support.
Harmful practices including female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) and early, child, and forced marriage (ECFM) undermine the human rights of women and girls by damaging their health and security, reducing girls’ access to education, isolating them socially, and limiting women’s leadership and economic opportunities. These harmful practices are often exacerbated by conflict or crisis. Ending these practices requires a survivor-led response and leadership from policymakers, health practitioners, communities, faith-based leaders, and civil society.
The meaningful participation of women in political, economic, and public life is critical to building and sustaining representative societies. Yet, around the world, women continue to be underrepresented or face barriers to safely and freely participate in the fabric of their societies, and especially in decision-making roles.
Increasing opportunities for women and girls’ leadership across sectors leads to building stronger and more prosperous societies. We also recognize that countries are more stable and secure when women are engaged in decision-making that affects their lives.
Women’s expertise, experiences and knowledge must be included in decision-making bodies at all levels, including local and national governments, security sectors and international platforms. Their inclusion impacts the types of policy issues that are debated and decided in parliaments, local councils, and government ministries, often resulting in more inclusive and sustainable solutions for their communities.
Advancing efforts that ensure laws, regulations and policies reflect the reality of women’s everyday lives is essential. Women often raise issues that are overlooked, reach out to marginalized constituencies, and have unique knowledge that stems from their societal roles and responsibilities.
We recognize that women must lead in the decision-making processes that disproportionately affect them, in addition to contributing their unique talents and perspectives to challenges that affect their broader communities. We work to lower the barriers to women’s leadership and foster an enabling environment for their success.
Alliance for Artisan Enterprise
The is a public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of State and the Aspen Institute. It brings together artisan businesses, artisan support organizations, corporations, foundations, government and multilateral agencies, and individuals working to support the full potential of artisan enterprise around the world. The Alliance leverages the collective strength of its members to break down barriers commonly faced in the artisan sector.
Recently, the Alliance launched the Artisan Innovation Workshop, a tool that brings together stakeholders to address barriers artisans face in the process to source, create and bring products to market. By bringing together stakeholders from across the value chain, this model creates the kind of collaboration and creativity that we need to find tangible and sustainable solutions for local artisan businesses.
The Alliance will also drive change on a broader level. Since most artisan activity takes place in the informal economy, data on the nature and productivity of this sector is limited. Alliance workshops will help us to collect data, identify gaps and trends, and develop an informed response to address the critical needs of those working in the field.
Voices Against Violence Consortium: The Gender Based Violence Initiative (VAV)
is an S/GWI and DRL Public-Private Partnership, led in cooperation with the Avon Foundation. The VAV provides emergency assistance, including medical, livelihood, and legal services, to survivors of the worst forms of GBV. Through the Avon Foundation, the VAV provides justice trainings to provide further protection to victims. The VAV provides a new approach to combating gender-based violence, especially in areas of conflict, including engaging men and boys as partners. VAV was launched in December 2017.


The American National Standard for remanufacturing was developed by the Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) in collaboration with a diverse consensus body made up of respected leaders from the industry.
The standard defines and provides a benchmark for the process of remanufacturing, and establishes specifications that characterize the remanufacturing process and differentiate remanufacturing from other practices.
The Remanufacturing Industries Council is an Accredited Standards Developer with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). After several years of development, ANSI approved the RIC001.1-2016: Specifications for the Process of Remanufacturing, on February 2, 2017.
In October 2021, ANSI approved the revision to the original standard, RIC001.2-2021.
What is Remanufacturing?
Remanufacturing is a comprehensive and rigorous industrial process by which a previously sold, leased, used, worn, remanufactured, or non-functional product or part is returned to a like-new, same-as-when-new, or better-than-when-new condition from both a quality and performance perspective, through a controlled, reproducible, and sustainable process.
Why Create a Standard?
The standard was developed to promote a common understanding of remanufacturing and credibility for the remanufacturing industry.
The specifications in this standard will promote continual improvement in the remanufacturing process and help ensure that the products provided to customers by the remanufacturing industry are dependable and of a consistently high quality.
This standard is intended to serve as a baseline for additional standards for specific remanufactured products and product groups to be developed in the future.
What’s Next?
RIC is now serving on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO TC 323, working on international standards for Circular Economy, including remanufacturing.


When creating a trust, it is important to understand the specific roles involved. The grantor is the person who establishes a trust. The designated beneficiary is the person who receives the assets held in trust when the grantor dies. Probate is unnecessary because trust property passes outside the Last Will and Testament or Intestacy law.
When a grantor creates a trust, they can appoint a trustee. A trustee is a person who manages the assets in the trust and oversees distribution upon the grantor’s death.
It’s possible for someone to be the grantor and trustee if they establish a living trust and manage it while alive. However, naming a successor trustee is crucial so someone else can take over when the grantor dies.
Elements of a Valid Trust
Setting up a valid and legally enforceable trust requires following state laws and meeting various conditions, such as:
The grantor has the mental capacity to establish a trust and understand the effects of their actions There must be a named trustee The grantor should outline the duties and rights of the trustee There is a clear intent for the grantor to create the trust The grantor must own assets or property to transfer into the trust at the time of creation The legal document must include named beneficiaries The trust must be validly executed according to state law The trust must be funded Common Factors that Invalidate a Trust
A range of factors can contribute to a trust the court can’t validate. The most common reasons include:
Missing signature on the legal document Engaging in fraud to convince the grantor to include specific terms in the trust Failure to follow legal formalities while executing the trust Someone established the trust by forging signatures A person with interests in the trust assets coerced or threatened the grantor into creating the trust The grantor didn’t have the mental capacity to understand what they were doing at the time of establishing the trust How to Challenge the Validity of a Trust
You must pursue legal action if you believe the trust isn’t valid. Simply disagreeing with your loved one’s decision to leave someone with assets you believe you should have received isn’t a good enough reason for a court to invalidate a trust.
You must file a petition with the probate court and explain why you think the trust isn’t valid. You must also present evidence to support your claims, such as physical documentation or witness testimony.
Outcome of Assets in an Invalid Trust
If the court decides the trust isn’t valid, beneficiaries won’t receive the assets according to the deceased’s instructions. If no valid trust exists, the property will pass to surviving heirs according to intestacy laws or the deceased’s will. if they created one.
Contact a Trust Attorney
Trusts are complex legal documents and people naturally have questions about how they should and
should not be used as part of a comprehensive estate plan. If you would like to learn more about trusts for yourself or a loved one, we are here to provide clarity and support.
This article is a service of Stafford Law Firm. We do not just draft documents; we ensure you make informed and empowered decisions about life and death, for yourself and the people you love.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
There are pros and cons of owning your home in a Trust. Contact us if you have questions or want to learn more about the best way to hold title to the property you are buying.
If your loved one had a Trust at the time of death, you’ll need to start the process of “administering” it. This can be confusing and complicated, and it’s okay to reach out to an attorney if you need help. Please feel free to contact us if you need assistance.


Sporadic reports of anakinra use in COVID-19 infection has hinted is potential; now a metanalysis shows that the use of anakinra may reduce the mortality risk in patients admitted to hospital with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia, especially highly elevated ferritin and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.
This systematic review was narrowed to 9 studies and 1185 patients from nine studies; 8 studies were observational and there was one randomised controlled trial. Most studies were hampered by the use of historical controls.
Metanalysis of patient-level, after multiple adjustments (age, comorbidities, PaO2/FiO2, CRP, lymphopenia), mortality was significantly lower in patients treated with anakinra (11% Anakinra vs 25% standard of care with or without placebo OR] 0·32 [95% CI 0·20–0·51]).
In a subgroup analysis, anakinra was more effective in lowering mortality in patients with CRP >100 mg/L (OR 0·28 [95% CI 0·17–0·47]).
Interestinglh, Anakinra showed a significant survival benefit when given without dexamethasone (OR 0·23 [95% CI 0·12–0·43]), but not with dexamethasone co-administration.
Lastly, unlike some other biologics, the use of Anakinra was not associated with a significantly increased risk of secondary infections (OR 1·35 [95% CI 0·59–3·10]).


Pathway analysis has been widely used to detect pathways and functions associated with complex disease phenotypes. The proliferation of this approach is due to better interpretability of its results and its higher statistical power compared with the gene-level statistics. A plethora of pathway analysis methods that utilize multi-omics setup, rather than just transcriptomics or proteomics, have recently been developed to discover novel pathways and biomarkers. Since multi-omics gives multiple views into the same problem, different approaches are employed in aggregating these views into a comprehensive biological context. As a result, a variety of novel hypotheses regarding disease ideation and treatment targets can be formulated. In this article, we review 32 such pathway analysis methods developed for multi-omics and multi-cohort data. We discuss their availability and implementation, assumptions, supported omics types and databases, pathway analysis techniques and integration strategies. A comprehensive assessment of each method’s practicality, and a thorough discussion of the strengths and drawbacks of each technique will be provided. The main objective of this survey is to provide a thorough examination of existing methods to assist potential users and researchers in selecting suitable tools for their data and analysis purposes, while highlighting outstanding challenges in the field that remain to be addressed for future development.


Despite being a document that provides useful insights during the trade, the importance of proforma invoice is always a question and whether it should be part of your documents. To further answer the question and what role does it play & different aspects related to it, we have written the article below.
A proforma invoice is an important document that comes in handy when you purchase from another company. It gives a quick idea about the payments in a little more detail, thereby helping you keep a tab on the cost of the material you purchase. Export processes include both proforma and commercial invoices, which may create confusion if not understood well.
There is another common question that businesses often seek an answer to. “Do I need a proforma invoice for documents?” This article explores the topic in detail to help you understand what you need to do. Furthermore, we also help you understand how proforma invoices differ from commercial ones.
A proforma invoice is a quote that exporters usually prepare to mimic a commercial invoice. The exporter will include the relevant information, including quantity, unit price, and total price.
The exporter will then give this document to the customer who can use it as an estimate of what they need to pay for the goods. It allows the customer to get an idea of how much money they need to raise to fund the transaction before signing any contracts.
The proforma invoice is not necessarily related to actual costs incurred during a transaction. It may be subject to change depending on actual costs incurred during shipping or other factors affecting pricing at the time of delivery. However, it does provide a good indication as to whether or not there will be enough funds available for both parties involved in a transaction.
A commercial invoice is a vital document that confirms the transaction and exchange of goods and services between a buyer and seller. Commercial invoices are for business purposes because they contain sensitive financial information about both parties involved in the sale transaction.
It is required by law in most countries, and helps track purchases, sales, and other transactions. Commercial invoices are often used in international trade as they provide detailed information about the goods sold, including their descriptions, quantities, prices, and other details crucial for tax purposes or customs duties.
The purpose of a commercial invoice is to act as proof of purchase by providing details about the goods sold and how much they cost. This information can help with sales tax reporting and other tax-related activities. The information on invoices also helps with tracking inventory levels. Companies know whether they have enough stock available to meet demand from customers.
It may look like commercial and proforma invoices are one and the same. However, here are five vital differences you need to know.
A proforma invoice acts as a quote or proposal outlining the particulars of goods or services requested by the buyer.
A commercial invoice confirms the seller has delivered the goods or services, and the buyer needs to pay for the same.
Businesses issue a proforma invoice when they receive a sales inquiry from a potential customer for one or more products. It acts as a quote, gives an indication of costs involved, and selling terms. The buyer can accept the terms and price listed or negotiate for a better offer.
Commercial invoices confirm the exchange of goods and services between the buyer and seller. It is final and binding. Commercial invoices leave no room for price negotiation or changes to selling terms.
Sellers issue a proforma invoice when they receive an order inquiry from a buyer and a commercial invoice to ask for payment for the goods delivered.
A proforma invoice needs to include everything a commercial invoice would include. However, there should be clear labelling indicating it is a proforma invoice.
A commercial invoice requires the company logo, billing address, contact details, terms and conditions, etc.
Proforma invoices are not eligible for accounting purposes as they only give a general idea about the transaction.
Commercial invoices are accounts receivable or payable and are required for tax and audit purposes.
A proforma invoice is essentially a commercial invoice, but with a few key differences. As the name implies, sellers use a proforma invoice when they are still negotiating the terms of the transaction with the buyer.
The buyer will use the proforma invoice to estimate their costs and ensure they have enough money budgeted for the purchase. The seller will use it to determine what they can charge for their goods or services.
Proforma invoices are most often used when someone wants to buy something from you that's not available yet. For example, if you are selling a new product or service before you've started producing it in bulk. The format for both commercial and proforma invoices remains the same.
A proforma invoice for documents is not essentially required as a shipping document. However, it can provide you with all the essential information you need to import goods and services legally. Since the proforma invoice contains everything in a formal quotation, you can also use it as a replacement.
The first thing to understand is the worth of documents. Whether written or printed, documents do not hold any commercial value. If you want to ship documents overseas, you can do it with any reliable service provider. However, you only need to include the shipping label and related details. There is no need for any invoice.
The main difference between commercial and sales invoices is that the former is for invoices related to business transactions, while the latter is for invoices related to sales.
A commercial invoice is critical for businesses as it provides them with a way to record and charge their customers for goods or services provided. It is for both large and small companies but is commonly used by larger companies because they often process several transactions.
Sales invoices are for recording and charging customers for goods or services provided. However, they specifically outline the details of a sale between two parties. For example, a customer buys something from a store.
A buyer issues a proforma invoice and sends it to a customer. It includes the expected price for goods and services and is more binding than a basic quotation. However, a proforma invoice for documents is not legally binding like a commercial invoice.
A proforma invoice is not a legal document, which makes it less critical and not legally binding. As a customer, you need not pay the amount listed in a proforma invoice. You need to pay when the seller sends you a commercial invoice with an invoice number.
A proforma invoice is a document sent to a client to estimate the cost of a product or service. It is helpful for businesses to communicate the estimated cost and terms of a transaction before issuing the final invoice.
When sending a proforma invoice, you need to know that it should be clear and easy to understand. It's essential to remember that if you send a proforma invoice with no other communication, it isn't legally binding. It is an offer of payment on various terms.
Here are the various items you need to include in a proforma invoice for documents:
A commercial invoice is a document that records the details of a transaction. It's important to keep in mind the following:
The date of sale must be on the invoice, as well as all other important information about the transaction. If you're using e-invoicing, make sure you can customize this information—you may need it for tax purposes or other reasons.
The invoice should state the items sold and how much they cost. It will allow your customer to identify the products they receive and how much they owe you.
You should also include information about shipping costs and terms to help your customer know exactly they will be paying for each item.
Here are the various items you need to include in a commercial invoice:
A proforma invoice is not essential for documents. However, it can help you get all the desired information about the sales and transactions. Another essential thing to know is that a proforma invoice is not legally binding. Though it contains all the details about the trade, a commercial invoice holds more importance.
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A Rapid Review of Disinfectant Chemical Exposures and Health Effects During COVID-19 Pandemic
Electrostatic sprayers and disinfectant foggers typically produce smaller droplets compared to handheld trigger sprayers. For a general overview of these types of sprayers, refer to the NCCEH document COVID-19 in indoor environments — Air and surface disinfection measures. Electrostatic sprayers such as the Clorox Total 360 System Electrostatic Sprayer produce droplets ranging from 40-60 µm, while fogging systems may produce droplets as small as 1-10 µm depending on the process used.Read Full Article


Where Is Everybody? Don't Ask The Mayor
On September 23, Councilmember Claudia Jiménez asked City Staff to provide her, along with the rest of Council and Mayor Tom Butt, a full list of vacant positions in Richmond’s city government. The vacancies chart returned to Councilwoman Jiménez confirms what Richmond residents already knew: our city is inexcusably understaffed.
Vacancies are both fulltime and part-time positions that have already been budgeted for in this fiscal year. The money has already been set aside for these future employees. When the positions remain unfilled by the City Manager, the cash budgeted for these positions stays tied up; it cannot be moved elsewhere without formal budget amendments or until the next year’s fiscal budget is approved.
Richmond currently has 123 vacant full-time employee (FTE) positions and six vacant part-time positions. This means that roughly
one-sixth of our city government functions have been deemed inessential by city management.
Mayor Butt appears more interested in political mudslinging than in contending with the formidable issue of an understaffed city government. He claims that the progressive majority on City Council has prevented recruitment, vaguely citing such causes as “a penchant to launch extensive and expensive investigations of City employees with little justification” for deterring applicants from applying.
The timeline tells a different story from the Mayor’s claims about the current City Council.
For one, these vacant positions have gone unadvertised for months, often over a year. There is no way for people to know these positions are available; there is no way for people to apply to applications that don’t exist. To claim that “the public service grapevine” discourages potential applicants is sheer speculation, as there have been few opportunities to apply anywhere in the first place.
The vacancies issue has plagued the Tom Butt administration. The Richmond Housing Authority, which manages affordable, public housing in Richmond, has six vacant full-time positions of the budgeted seven;
this has been the case for 18 months. The Finance Department, which oversees the fiscal functions of our city, has over 20% of its budgeted positions unfilled. Interim directors have remained at the head of multiple departments, some for over a year.
When Councilmembers Jiménez and Willis led a community survey of restaurant owners in their districts to understand the impacts of COVID-19 and publicize a grant for eateries available in the American Rescue Plan Act, proprietors widely cited their
years-long frustration with the thinly staffed Permitting Department, and how their inability to reach the office resulted in significant revenue loss.
To blame the progressive majority for this understaffing is, in short, a lethargic attempt to sloppily explain what’s gone on under the Mayor’s nose for years.
These extensive vacancies need to be resolved immediately. The extent of hiring negligence reveals a disregard for the well-being of city staff. Critical government tasks cannot go entirely ignored, simply because no one has been hired to perform them. Instead, the work is shoved onto city workers who must fulfill their role and more, without extra pay, and with the thankless scrutiny of city management and residents alike. Here, the Mayor is right: morale is understandably low.
Now that this issue has been brought to the Mayor’s attention thanks to Councilmember Jiménez, the Mayor needs to redirect his ire into productive work for Richmond. Hiring is orchestrated by City Manager Laura Snideman, and the Mayor can join the long-running RPA efforts to exert pressure on her and to interview community members, city staff, and department heads to figure out what’s truly needed to restore city services and recruit top talent from Richmond itself.
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India generates the most number of phishing and spam emails in Asia, according to a recent report. Instances of phishing can be traced back to as early as 1995. Over time, it has become one of the most prevalent forms of cyber-crimes.
● In the first quarter of 2020, India witnessed a 37% increase in cyber attacks.
● Between January and March, a cyber-security company detected and blocked more than 52.8 million local cyber threats in India.
Phishing, as a duping practice, is growing more sophisticated than ever with time. That’s why even though it’s old, cybercriminals still use this technique by and large to extract sensitive information or install malware on the targeted entities’ devices. Because of its prevalence and the immense risk phishing carries, you must learn more about it to avoid falling prey to it.
Phishing – Know what it means
Phishing is the practice of sending electronic communications – emails, instant messages, and text messages – disguised as a trustable entity. The attacker masquerades as someone that the recipient is likely to believe, like a financial institution, and attempts to dupe them into opening malicious links.
Alongside disguising as a reputed entity, attackers also craft professional-looking emails and messages with an undertone of urgency. The sense of urgency prompts recipients to take action with haste. This is why several recipients fall victim to this technique.
It leads to them providing sensitive pieces of information, like credit card details and login information, on fake websites. In other times, it results in the download of malware onto the victim’s machine.
In other words, phishing can have grave consequences for the victim, including financial loss, unauthorized transactions, and identity theft. That’s why several individuals keep in place mechanisms like an identity assure policy to mitigate the damage if such an eventuality comes to pass.
With this understanding of what is phishing, also take a look at its types.
What are the different types of phishing?
The factor that makes this cybercrime even more formidable is the existence of different techniques that attackers employ. The three most popular types of phishing techniques are:
1. Email phishing
It is the commonest technique, where the attacker sends out thousands of emails for a response from a few such recipients. They use the same methods – pose as a trustable entity, craft a credible message, and create a sense of urgency – with a generic approach.
For instance, a phishing mail could mimic a reputed financial institution, creating urgency for the recipient’s credit card expiration and immediate update, with a phony link attached. Such an email could even be accompanied by a timer to intensify the urgency.
● 27th – India’s rank in terms of web-threats detected by a cyber-security company in the first quarter of 2020.
Attackers research at great lengths about companies they are mimicking to create emails that look exactly how it’d if such companies sent it. Even if a few individuals open these mails, the result can be an enormous financial gain for the attacker and loss for the victim.
2. Spear phishing
This technique is fundamentally the same as email phishing, but with one significant alteration. Unlike the former, spear phishing targets specific recipients. Therefore, the approach is personalized for each individual. This factor makes it even riskier for the recipient.
Attackers conduct in-depth research about their targets and crafts personalized mails or messages. This technique is more often used to break into organizational systems and is the first step of APT. However, individuals can also be targets of this cyber-fraud technique.
3. Pharming
It’s a blend of the terms ‘phishing’ and ‘farming’. Herein, recipients might not even need to click on a malicious link to be redirected to a phony website. It infects the host computer or its DNS server and redirects the individual to a bogus website even with the correct URL typed in.
How to avoid phishing? I. Be informed
Types of phishing are evolving continually. Therefore, you must keep yourself apprised of all the latest developments and techniques phishing attackers are using to avoid inadvertently falling prey to one.
II. Click with caution
Phishing mail addresses and links they contain look virtually similar to the ones they are trying to mimic. However, there are minute details that are dissimilar. Whenever you receive a mail prompting you to click on a link with an urgent undertone, check the address and the link properly to ensure their credibility.
III. Keep proper mechanisms in place
Use anti-virus and anti-malware software systems to prevent falling prey to practices such as pharming. You might also want to prepare for inadvertent loss of financial data with a suitable insurance plan in place. Bajaj Finserv provides Wallet Care under its Pocket Insurance and Subscriptions, using which you can block all your cards with a single phone call.
IV. Keep browser up-to-date
Browsers release security patches from time to time. Such patches mend the existing loopholes in them, which phishing attackers and hackers may discover and exploit. So, ensure to update your browser whenever a new version rolls out to continue surfing the internet safely.
Alongside phishing, ATM frauds are also a growing concern in India. It involves stealing essential card details for unauthorized transactions. You might consider availing an ATM safeguard policy to maximize your financial safety.
● In FY 20, there were more than 50,000 card-related frauds in India.
Since cyber-crime attacks, including phishing, are evolving rapidly and continuously, it might be in your best interest to be wary of sharing sensitive personal and financial information over the internet and on calls.


Maintaining positive, warm and trusting friendships might be the key to a slower decline in memory and cognitive functioning, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. SuperAgers — who are 80 years of age and older who have cognitive ability at least as good as people in their 50s or 60s — reported having more satisfying, high-quality relationships compared to their cognitively average, same-age peers, the study reports.


If anyone calls you thick you can come back at them with new research showing that thick brains means clever brains. Scientists have long wondered if intelligent people have special genes that allow them to learn faster and score better at cognitive tests. Their study looked at intelligence test scores from around 1,600 teenagers and found that those with a variation of a gene called
occurring in only one in every 200 individuals had a thinner cerebral cortex compared to other teenagers who outperformed them. The gene encodes NPTN
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BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.
BPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia.


Selection of certain genes is associated with extreme lifespan of rockfish
Defying time, the most long-lived vertebrates on the planet are found in the ocean: bowhead whales, Greenland sharks and some species of Pacific Ocean rockfish, including this yelloweye rockfish (
Sebastes ruberrimus), which can live to be over 140 years old. To shed light on the mechanisms supporting such longevity, scientists sequenced and compared the genomes of 88 closely-related rockfish, whose lifespans range from just 11 to over 200 years. Much of the variation is linked to two key traits typical of long-lived vertebrates, larger body size and life in deeper, cooler waters, but other results have greater relevance beyond fish. In long-lived species, there was evidence of selection for genes involved in DNA repair and insulin signalling, already implicated in affecting lifespan. These fish also possessed more copies of genes in the butyrophilin family, immune modulators known to dampen down immune responses, highlighting the crucial role of inflammation in ageing.
Written by
BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.
BPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia.


Title Degree
Master of Arts
Program
Anthropology
Collaborative Specialization
Environment and Sustainability
Supervisor
Colquhoun, Ian
2nd Supervisor
Clark, Kim
Abstract
This research uses an ethnoprimatological approach to investigate people’s perceptions of primates and protected areas through a case study in the Pacoche Marine and Coastal Wildlife Refuge in Manabí, Ecuador. Twenty-one agricultural workers from the community of Pacoche were interviewed using a photo pile-sorting exercise and structured open-ended interviews.
Results regarding perceptions of primates indicate that despite previous local practices, in comparison to other faunal species in the park, primates are no longer commonly targeted for food or medicinal purposes. White-fronted capuchins, while reported to be damaging to corn and orange crops, and commonly viewed as aggressive, were also widely respected as human-like and intelligent. This indicates promise for their conservation status in this area. The mantled howler also demonstrated similar promise, in that participants indicated a harmonious relationship living alongside this primate. Results reveal folkloric beliefs of howlers as “rain prophets” calling to the gods to bring the rain during times of drought. These traits, alongside their ability to attract tourists to the area, indicate reciprocal relationships between humans and alloprimates that benefit the livelihoods of both parties.
While connections between the community and the environment indicate a natural-cultural balance, interactions with the Ministry of the Environment (MAE) reveal more contentious results. This study found an overall decrease in hunting and exotic pet ownership since the introduction of the protected area ten years ago. However, discrepancies between community members and the MAE still exist over natural resource extraction, particularly in regards to guadua bamboo and firewood. The results indicate a need for improved community engagement in conservation initiatives, in addition to the incorporation of local knowledge in park policy.
Recommended Citation
Britton, Tamara L., "Perceptions of Primates and Protected Areas: Ethnoprimatological Implications for Conservation in the Pacoche Refuge" (2018).
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6037. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6037


Abstract
Our own experiences with disturbances to sleep demonstrate its crucial role in the recovery of cognitive functions. This importance is likely enhanced in the recovery from stroke; both in terms of its physiology and cognitive abilities. Decades of experimental research have highlighted which aspects and mechanisms of sleep are likely to underlie these forms of recovery. Conversely, damage to certain areas of the brain, as well as the indirect effects of stroke, may disrupt sleep. However, only limited research has been conducted which seeks to directly explore this bidirectional link between both the macro and micro-architecture of sleep and stroke. Here we describe a series of semi-independent approaches that aim to establish this link through observational, perturbational, and interventional experiments. Our primary aim is to describe the methodology for future clinical and translational research needed to delineate competing accounts of the current data. At the observational level we suggest the use of high-density EEG recording, combined analysis of macro and micro-architecture of sleep, detailed analysis of the stroke lesion, and sensitive measures of functional recovery. The perturbational approach attempts to find the causal links between sleep and stroke. We promote the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with EEG to examine the cortical dynamics of the peri-infarct stroke area. Translational research should take this a step further using optogenetic techniques targeting more specific cell populations. The interventional approach focuses on how the same clinical and translational perturbational techniques can be adapted to influence long-term recovery of function.
Keywords Brain damage EEG Functional recovery Sleep Slow waves Stroke Translational ASJC Scopus subject areas Neuroscience(all)


Abstract
Machine-learning assisted handwriting recognition is crucial for development of next-generation biometric technologies. However, most of currently reported handwriting recognition systems are lacked in flexible sensing and machine learning capabilities, both of which are essential for implementations of intelligent systems. Herein, assisted by machine learning, we develop a new handwriting recognition system, which can be applied as both a recognizer for written texts and an encryptor i for confidential nformation. This flexible and intelligent handwriting recognition system combines a printed circuit board with graphene oxide and good sensitivity, and allows high-- based hydrogel sensors. It offers fast response precision recognitions of handwritten conten ts from a single letter to words and signatures. By analyzing 690 acquired handwritten signatures obtained from 7 participants, we successfully demonstrate a fast recognition time (less than 1 s) and a high recognition rate (~91.30%). Our developed handwri has great potentials in advanced humanting recognition system machine interactions, wearable communication devices, soft robotics manipulators, and augmented virtual reality.
Original language English Journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Publication status Accepted/In press - 11 Nov 2022


Key Outcome
A comprehensive, phased strategy for increasing climate resiliency in Woods Hole, including development of village-wide design concepts and planning. This strategy will address alternatives for institutional, private, and municipal infrastructure, as well as for natural habitat features and waterways.
Project Milestones
Phase 1 January – September 2020
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological Laboratory, and NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center commissioned Woods Hole Group to prepare the Woods Hole Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) and Adaptation Plan.
Periodic impacts include Nuisance flooding of developed areas and infrastructure due to the shifting tidal range, coastal wetlands migration/loss in undeveloped areas due to the shifting tidal range, and potential erosion of natural shorelines due to repetitive storm damage. Episodic impacts includeRisk of flooding to developed areas and infrastructure during more frequent and more intense coastal storms with greater potential for impact due to sea level rise.
Phase 2: October 2020 – October 2021
An adaptation pathways project that builds on and integrates the results of the Town of Falmouth CCVA and the Woods Hole Village CCVA.
Symposium, November 2021
A public symposium was held to raise awareness about climate-change research in Woods Hole, the ResilientWoodsHole initiative, and state, regional, and local climate resiliency planning.
Phase 3: October 2021 – June 2022
ResilientWoodsHole is engaging the local community in a dialogue about coastal flooding risks; identifying village flood pathways and vulnerabilities; and discussing long-term protective strategies. This phase is funded through a Massachusetts Coastal Resiliency grant and institutional matching funds.
Community Visioning Workshop - February 2022
A participatory workshop beginning with a review and update on Woods Hole’s vulnerability to sea-level rise and storm surge. Followed by breakout room discussions on:
- Important aspects of Woods Hole to adapt for resilience - Your observations of flooding in Woods Hole - Your preferred strategies for building resilience - Private-property flood protection opportunities - Sewer adaptation ideas
Community Visioning Workshop #2 - May 2022
The second participatory workshop builds upon the first community workshop. The second community workshop included a review of coastal vulnerability and potential adaptation strategies in nine areas of Woods Hole:
Juniper Point Gansett Fay Road Eel Pond Waterfront Spencer Baird Penzance Point Nobska Point Mill Pond.
Each participant provided input on the adaptation pathways in each of the nine management areas. Read more about the workshop here.


The Montgomery Fund quarterly video March 2022
The March 2022 quarter has been a challenging environment for The Montgomery Fund’s core philosophy of investing in quality businesses diversified across the growth spectrum. We observed significant divergence in relative share price performance across our holdings despite our investee companies delivering solid financial results in a difficult environment. We remain cautious on recent market moves as volatility remains elevated across all financial markets.
Transcript
Joseph Kim:
Hi, I’m Joseph Kim. Today’s video will be a wrap of markets, The Montgomery Fund performance and some key portfolio changes we made this quarter.
Markets
The March 2022 quarter will go down as one of the more challenging and complex environments we’ve had to navigate in markets, not just because of the magnitude of events but also the pace and volatility of share price moves. This challenges include:
A sharp sell-off in January triggered by a sudden realisation of faster interest rate rises in 2022 Our expectations of a difficult reporting season due to supply chain constraints, COVID operating environments and higher costs Inflation taking its toll on consumer sentiment and faster rate rises and finally The war in Ukraine
The war deserves a special mention because it places greater pressure on some supply chains as well as inflation, both of which were already problematic before the war, because of the sanctions on Russia and its status as a globally significant commodity and energy exporter.
One bright spot is that COVID appears to be in the rear-view mirror for many countries, notwithstanding the potential for further variants.
Performance
The Montgomery Fund was down 7.6 per cent for the quarter, versus the ASX benchmark up 2.1 per cent. The March quarter has been a challenging environment for The Fund’s philosophy of investing in quality companies diversified across the growth spectrum.
The Fund’s relative performance was also skewed by the large weighting of resources companies in the ASX benchmark. This sector was a strong outperformer in the quarter as a potential beneficiary of the war.
Within the portfolio, there was a lot of divergence in share price performance across The Fund’s holdings despite many of our portfolio companies delivering solid financial results in a difficult operating environment.
Portfolio changes
During the quarter, we exited our position in Westpac. Despite showing some signs of stabilisation in its February update, we believe Westpac remains behind peers in both cultural and operational execution. We invested the proceeds by increasing our positions in National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
We also reduced our exposure to Aristocrat Leisure. While Aristocrat remains well positioned in its core markets, the collapse of the Playtech acquisition removes a key pillar of future investment and earnings growth at a time when its digital division is showing signs of a slowdown.
A new notable position in the portfolio is Computershare. Computershare is a beneficiary of rising interest rates given its significant Fiduciary balance which has generated falling income for most of the past decade. Computershare is our stock in focus in the March quarterly commentary.
Outlook
We assess our overall positioning to be broadly defensive with select exposures on reopening beneficiaries and quality companies with longer-term growth tailwinds.
The positioning reflects our current relative caution given fluid markets in the broader context of inflation, rising rates and the longer-term fallout from the war in Ukraine.
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Abstract
A series of trimethylsilyl-protected monoalkynes (Me
3SiC≡C-R) and bis-alkynes (Me 3 SiC≡C-R-C≡CSiMe 3) incorporating carbazole spacer groups (R = carbazole-2-yl, carbazole-3-yl, carbazole-2,7-diyl, N-(2-ethylhexyl)carbazole-2,7-diyl, carbazole-3,6-diyl, N-(2-ethylhexyl)carbazole-3,6-diyl), together with the corresponding terminal monoalkynes (H-C≡C-R) and bis-alkynes (H-C≡C-R-C≡C-H), have been synthesized and characterized. The CuI-catalyzed dehydrohalogenation reaction between trans-[(Ph)(Et 3P) 2PtCl], trans-[(Et 3P) 2PtCl 2], and trans-[(P nBu 3) 2PtCl 2] and the terminal alkynes in iPr 2NH/CH 2Cl 2 affords a series of Pt(II) mono- and diynes, while the dehydrohalogenation polycondensation reactions with trans-[(P nBu 3) 2PtCl 2] under similar reaction conditions yields four Pt(II) poly-ynes of the form trans-[(P nBu 3) 2Pt-C≡C-R-C≡C-] n. The acetylide-functionalized carbazole ligands and the mono-, di-, and polynuclear Pt(II) σ-acetylide complexes have been characterized spectroscopically, with a subset analyzed using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The Pt(II) mono-, di-, and poly-ynes incorporating the carbazole spacers are soluble in common organic solvents, and solution absorption spectra show a consistent red-shift between the 2- and 2,7- as well as 3- and 3,6-carbazole complexes. Computational modeling is used to explain the observed spectral shifts, which are related to the enhanced electronic delocalization in the latter systems. These results also indicate that the inclusion of carbazole-2,7-diyl units into rigid-rod organometallic polymers should enhance electronic transport along the chains. ASJC Scopus subject areas Inorganic Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry


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Achieving Cost-effective Monitoring with HawkEye 360’s RF Data
HawkEye 360’s constellation regularly examines the use of radio frequency (RF) equipment across vast regions of Africa, covering thousands of square kilometers per satellite pass. Since Hawkeye 360 can detect and locate communication signal emissions from a wide variety of radios and satellite mobile devices, this offers valuable information needed to find human activity. HawkEye’s RF geospatial data serves as a powerful tool to monitor ASM networks and flag their locations for further inspection, both assessing ongoing mining and offering early warning of new site development.
In this recent analysis of RFGeo™ data, HawkEye 360 first discovered many instances of L-band mobile satellite communications occurring in the Sahara dessert, where settlements were not otherwise present. L-band is often associated with industrial operations in remote areas where other forms of communication are not available. This signal became the tip for a deeper examination, to identify what activity was occurring in this sparse terrain.
HawkEye 360 partnered with the commercial imaging firm Planet to access near-daily, medium-resolution, electro-optical imagery. The imagery showed mining associated with the RF signals. Once a mining site was validated with medium-resolution imagery, analysts investigated further by using high-resolution imagery to classify the type of mining visible. This approach is cost-effective and streamlines workflows by quickly zeroing in on the activity of interest without wasting other resources.


Having measured for a full calendar gives us the ability to track seasonal trends; and Nielsen’s UAE Radio Audience Measurement fourth-quarter 2018 data release shows that radio regained momentum in the final quarter of the year. Quarter 4 is typically a buoyant period for radio listening across the country, as the cooler autumn and winter months bring residents back from long summer breaks and children return to school. In Q4 of 2018, 93% of the total UAE population aged 10 and above tuned into radio every week, which is a 4% increase (307,000 listeners) in reach from the previous quarter, and is on par with listening levels in Q4 2017.
Nielsen’s UAE Radio Audience Measurement, which measures listenership for 53 radio stations across the country among all individuals aged 10+, revealed that residents in Dubai and Northern Emirates were predominant in driving the growth in listenership during the quarter. Abu Dhabi remains the strongest Emirate for radio listening, with an almost 100% radio reach among individuals 10+in Q4’18.
With people returning to the UAE post-summer, we saw growth in listening of 10% from Filipinos and 5% growth from South Asians. Most nationalities reflect a stronger reach of 90%+ compared to Q3 listening.
With a full year of radio measurement complete (Q1 to Q4 2018), we can now see that the large late evening audiences is a consistent part of radio listening in the UAE. Data from Q4, also highlighted radio between 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. reaches more listeners than morning or drive-time.
Click here to download the Q4 2018 UAE RAM topline report and PwC’s Quality Assurance audit report.


Vespa, a subsidiary of Piaggio, had earlier revealed the Elettrica electric scooter in India at the Auto Expo 2020
A significant rise in popularity of electric mobility, especially in the two-wheeler segment, has led to the advent of numerous electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing startups in the past couple of years. This has forced even established auto brands to dive into the EV space and create a separate strategy for future electric mobility.
Piaggio is one such brand that is looking to dive into the EV space in India. As per a recent report, the Italian automaker is planning to develop an electric scooter specifically for the Indian market.
Piaggio currently manufactures three-wheelers in the country but is actively involved in the two-wheeler business through its subsidiary brands- Vespa and Aprilia. It is very likely that the upcoming made for India electric scooter could be launched under both brands Vespa and Aprilia.
India-specific Vespa electric scooter from Piaggio
In an interaction with ET Auto, Diego Graffi, managing director of Piaggio India, revealed that the company is planning to establish an EV ecosystem in India that will sustain even without subsidies. It should be noted that FAME II subsidies provided by the Central Government and subsidies offered by various state governments across the country are responsible for bringing down prices of EVs by up to 40 percent.
Piaggio wants to offer EVs that attract consumers for their practical benefits, beyond the benefit of subsidies. However, the two-wheeler manufacturer isn’t venturing into the EV space immediately and there is still some time before the first electric two-wheeler offering from Piaggio rolls on Indian roads. Graffi revealed that the supplier ecosystem in India is unprepared to support a massive transition to electric mobility.
Expected Debut
While the country has the technical expertise related to EV technologies, manufacturing capacity for EVs in the supplier ecosystem is still not present. Piaggio already retails electric scooters in developed markets of Europe, however, the India-specific model is expected to take around 18-24 months of development and testing before it is launched in the market.
Therefore, the upcoming electric scooter from Piaggio is unlikely to make its India debut before the end of 2023. Piaggio will solely focus on developing electric scooters for the Indian market and not motorcycles. Hence, it is likely that the scooter will be retailed under the Vespa brand.
EV offerings by Piaggio
The e-scooter from Piaggio will be at par with the high-speed performance electric scooters present in the Indian market and priced accordingly too. It will also boast all the latest connectivity features seen in modern EVs. At present, the two-wheeler EV space in India is dominated by premium offerings like Ather 450, Ola S1 series, Bajaj Chetak and TVS iQube.
Last year, Piaggio revealed the first electric scooter under its own brand named ‘One’. Earlier, Vespa had also showcased the Elettrica electric scooter in India at the Auto Expo 2020. However, neither of these two models will reach Indian shores, though the India-specific model could borrow some components from the models mentioned above.


Abstract
Conventional treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is currently thoracic radiation and combination chemotherapy, and surgery has been traditionally stated to have little to no role in disease management. However, a growing body of literature suggests that early-stage SCLC may be more amenable to local control following resection, with surgery being an important component of multimodality therapy. This article attempts to summarize what is currently known about early-stage SCLC, and outlines the methods by which this controversy is actively being investigated.
Keywords Lung cancer Small cell Surgery ASJC Scopus subject areas Surgery Oncology


Is your company experiencing a Cyber Breach? Please contact our cybersecurity experts.
Cyber security refers to protecting systems connected to the internet from threats in cyberspace. It involves protecting software, data, and hardware and helps prevent cybercriminals from gaining access to devices or the networks.
By implementing security, businesses and individuals can protect themselves against the full range of cyber security threats.
With cyber security, companies do not have to worry about unauthorized users accessing their network or data. It helps them protect both their end users and their employees.
Even in those rare cases that security does not prevent an attack or breach, it improves the recovery time afterward. In addition companies will often notice that customers and developers are more confident in products that have strong cyber security solutions in place.


Many students with disabilities have successfully completed computing courses during their K-12 education. As a result, some individuals with disabilities have successfully completed postsecondary degrees in computing and now have careers in computing fields. However, more work needs to be done in order for all students with disabilities have opportunities to pursue these careers.
Sometimes K-12 computing courses use technologies that are not accessible to students with disabilities, particularly students who are blind or have mobility impairments. However, by using alternative tools that are accessible to students with disabilities, similar concepts can be taught to a wider audience.
One example of a solution to avoid erecting access barriers is using the programming language Quorum. Currently, about a thousand students are taught Quorum each year, and nearly half of the schools for the blind in the United States use Quorum to teach programming. Quorum runs on the Java Virtual Machine and can be used for a wide variety of applications (e.g., web, music). It is accessible to individuals using screen readers and speech output for access and is also accessible to those who can operate a keyboard but not a mouse. It has support for Lego Robotics and a computer gaming engine. Teaching materials for Quorum include an 18-week curriculum, online/offline tools support, a draft textbook, and real-time support via email or Facebook.
Students who have disabilities and are interested in studying and pursuing computing careers can receive mentoring and support by joining the
AccessComputing Team. The AccessCSforAll project offers support to computing instructors who wish to better serve students with disabilities; for assistance, contact accesscsforall@uw.edu or 509-328-9331.